The All-Ducking Tweedlebirds recorded 'Not Optimistic' in 18 hours on March 31, 2007. It adheres to the guidelines of Tom7's Album-A-Day Project (http://crapart.spacebar.org/aad/). Mostly, the style is instrumental hip-hop, with guest verses from Jared Malsin and Eric Phetteplace a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar.